Legal Opinion
Raven Offshore Yacht Shipping, Llc & Richard Gladych v. F.t. Holdings, Llc.
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided July 3, 2017No. 75935-3-IPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpearman, J.
¶1 Whether a specific dispute is within the scope of an arbitration agreement is generally a question for the court. But the parties may, by contract, delegate the issue of arbitrability to the arbitrator. By incorporating the rules of an arbitration body, the parties give clear and unmistakable evidence that they agree to be bound by those rules, including on the issue of arbitrability.
¶2 F.T. Holdings LLC (FT) entered into a contract with Raven Offshore Yacht Shipping LLP. The contract included an arbitration clause, under which the parties agreed to arbitrate disputes according to the…
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